17世紀前半イギリスにおける性別分業の一側面 : サウサンプトン市の徒弟史料から

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This article is an attempt to reinterpret Southampton Apprenticeship Registers and use them to describe one form of sex-sepecific division of labour. Southampton Apprenticeship Registers, which date from the 17th century, are the contract and registration records of parish and general apprentices in Southampton. The original manuscripts were transcribed by MERSON, and published by Southampton Univensity. A pioneering study by SNELL, based on the transcription of the parish apprentice registers, indicated that in the households of masters classified as among the "middle and meaner sorts of people", both sexes gave and received vocational training, SNELL, therefore, found no evidence of gender-specific divison of labour. MERTON'S otherwise excellent work is marred by his indifference to sex-specific divisions. He did not always transcribe the expression "to be instructed in the trade of ・・・", which indicated the duty of vocational training. However, judging from the absence or presence of this expression, it is clear that almost all the boy parish apprentices were obliged to take vocational training while most girl parish apprentices were not. In other words, a form of sex-specific division of labour was in existence. The same division can be applied to parish masters and mistresses because masters and apprentices made contracts according to their gender. That is, masters gave their boy apprentices vocational training, while mistresses gave girl apprentices the training in other areas. Moreover, this division applies to the households of general apprentice masters, who were classified as among "middle and better sorts of people". Almost all the general apprentices were obliged to take vocational training by the same expression as the boy parish apprentices. General apprentices were all boys and contracted to receive training from their male masters, whereas girls and mistresse were once again excluded from vocational training Consequently, as far as vocational training was concerned, both the "middle and meaner" and "middle and better" sorts of people had the same gender-specific division of labour. In other words, gender differences were more important than class differences in deciding access to econorntc opportunity.
1996-07-25

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米山秀
東京都立短期大学

17世紀前半イギリスにおける性別分業の一側面 : サウサンプトン市の徒弟史料から

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